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Editorial: Critical social and behavioral sciences perspectives on ending the HIV epidemic

Editorial: Critical social and behavioral sciences perspectives on ending the HIV epidemic EDITORIAL URRENT Critical social and behavioral sciences perspectives PINION on ending the HIV epidemic a b Judith D. Auerbach and Karine Dube´ INTRODUCTION Additionally, inequalities are often overlapping and intersecting and are at the root of syndemics – Recent development of highly efficacious long-act- ‘disease concentrations of two or more epidemics ing, injectable drugs to prevent and treat HIV have and disease interactions that share social, eco- excited the world. At the same time, the reticence of logical, and structural factors that exacerbate their a significant proportion of the eligible population to exposure and intensification’ [3]. The review of use these technologies and the existence of major recent syndemics literature by Logie et al. [3] reveals faults in the systems through which these technol- how health conditions interact with environmental ogies are distributed to those who do want them give factors to foment and/or exacerbate HIV and other us all pause. The tension between the possibility of epidemics to produce differential and unequal out- new discoveries and the reality of their uptake and comes for different people. Importantly, their use (or lack thereof) at its core reflects the tension review also shows that protective social conditions between ‘efficacy’ and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS Wolters Kluwer Health

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EDITORIAL URRENT Critical social and behavioral sciences perspectives PINION on ending the HIV epidemic a b Judith D. Auerbach and Karine Dube´ INTRODUCTION Additionally, inequalities are often overlapping and intersecting and are at the root of syndemics – Recent development of highly efficacious long-act- ‘disease concentrations of two or more epidemics ing, injectable drugs to prevent and treat HIV have and disease interactions that share social, eco- excited the world. At the same time, the reticence of logical, and structural factors that exacerbate their a significant proportion of the eligible population to exposure and intensification’ [3]. The review of use these technologies and the existence of major recent syndemics literature by Logie et al. [3] reveals faults in the systems through which these technol- how health conditions interact with environmental ogies are distributed to those who do want them give factors to foment and/or exacerbate HIV and other us all pause. The tension between the possibility of epidemics to produce differential and unequal out- new discoveries and the reality of their uptake and comes for different people. Importantly, their use (or lack thereof) at its core reflects the tension review also shows that protective social conditions between ‘efficacy’ and

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Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Mar 1, 2022

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